wait...lisa? julie?! you sound really different on the phone. do i sound pleasant? for once in your life you sound very pleasant. at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. free fico® credit score. get the it card at discover.com. >>> welcome back. 39 minutes past the hour. after days of violence and unrest in thailand, opposition protesters suddenly find no opposition from the thy government. both sides in this conflict have called a truce and it is expected to last several days. cnn's paula hancock is live in bangkok with all of the details. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right, a truce for the next couple of days at least. this is because both sides decided to step down from these protests and from the violence because of the king's birthday on thursday. now, the king here in thailand is much revered and very much loved by all thy people and neither side wanted to be seen making a political hate during that time. this isn't a political solution. this is just a temporary truce until the king's birthday has passed. now as you say, we have seen on s